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Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... unveil the details of their own housing affordability measures in the May 9 budget. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told Sky News this morning that the government's view is "that compulsory super is to generate an income in retirement and that is what ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... unlikely to be included as exemptions around the $500,000 cap on post-tax superannuation contributions. Speaking with Sky News yesterday, Morrison said although inheritances and lotto wins were not being contemplated by the government, divorces and other ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... representative group that says any hike in super taxes needs to consider each end of the income spectrum. The leak, first aired on Sky News, says the federal government will run an advertising campaign post budget that spruiks $16 billion in budget savings ...

Treasurer open to all ideas on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... you know, it is a lot of carers as well." Shadow Minister for financial services and superannuation, Jim Chalmers, told Sky News yesterday: "The government wants you to believe that they care about women in the superannuation system at the same time ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Australia's lack of an established corporate bond market could make SIBs an investment class worth considering. McClure said on SKY News when he released his report that SIBs are well suited to institutional, high net worth and corporate investors. The ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... presenter of ABC's Counterpoint program Amanda Vandstone, consumer site One Big Switch co-founder Lachlan Harris and Sky News contributing editor Peter Van Onselen pulled no punches in their light-hearted analysis of both party's election hopes. Labor ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... that they would lift payroll tax by 3% there would be a big public debate," ACCI chief executive Peter Anderson told Sky News. Anderson said any government hopes of a "wage superanuation trade off" weren't realistic, and that employers were ultimately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... after the British government cleared the way for News Corp to win control of the company after it offered to spin-off the Sky News channel to address competition concerns. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday on upbeat US economic news ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... home buyers should be tax deductible. Housing minister Tanya Plibersek sought to quickly hose down the issue as she told Sky News such a policy response is no solution because it effectively hands bigger bonuses to high income earners at the expense ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... it with a social problem of lack of housing. No wonder Tanya Plibersek, the Commonwealth minister for housing, said on Sky News this morning, "We have to be realistic about the type of houses people will have. Not everyone will have a $5 million home." ...